Melissa Cummings-Quarry
Melissa Cummings-Quarry is a British author and co-founder of the Black Girls' Book Club, a literary and social events platform aimed at Black women in the UK.
Life
At secondary school in North-East London, Cummings-Quarry met Natalie A. Carter. The pair bonded over their enjoyment of books, swapping titles such as
Grown: The Black Girls' Guide to Glowing Up, co-written with Carter, was published by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2021. Grown was shortlisted for Children's Non-fiction Book of the Year in the 2022 British Book Awards.[3] It was also longlisted for the 2022 Jhalak Prize.[4]
Cummings-Quarry has written for i[5] and Time Out.[6] In 2021 she contributed to a BBC / Open University documentary, What does reading on screens do to our brains?.[7] In 2022 she served as a judge for the BBC Young Writers' Award.[8]
Works
- (with Natalie A. Carter) Grown: The Black Girls' Guide to Glowing Up. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
References
- ^ "Melissa Cummings-Quarry & Natalie A Carter". readingzone.com. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ Morris, Natalie (25 January 2019). "The founders of the Black Girl's Book Club want to make sure black women are never an afterthought". Metro. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ Simone, Carlo (25 March 2022). "British Book Awards 2022 - Full list of nominees". The National. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ Murua, James. "Jhalak Prize Longlist Announced". James Murua's Literature Blog. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Melissa Cummings-Quarry". i. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Melissa Cummings-Quarry". Time Out. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "What does reading on screens do to our brains?". BBC. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ Comerford, Ruth (25 September 2022). "Themes of love and relationships dominate BBC Young Writers' Award". The Bookseller. Retrieved 15 October 2022.